New York · Nonprofit
THE NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE INC
THE NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE INC (New York) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,167,227 to it, the largest being NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC ($4,011,612). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 57
- Grants received
- $7.2M
- Net assets
- $-51666
What The New York Urban League Inc does
Mission
The league's mission is to enable african americans and underserved communities to secure a first-class education, economic self-reliance, and equal respect of their civil rights through programs, services, and advocacy in our highly diversified city.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Employment and career services prepares under and unemployed new yorkers for entry and re-entry into a highly competitive job market through job readiness workshops, skills training, and placement services. 175 job seekers registered for the career preparation institute for the full job readiness program, resume writing, mock interviews, career assessment, technology skills workshops, and counseling. 28 residents were placed in full-time and part-time jobs.
$115,814 spent4% of program spendingThe college readiness program, based on national urban league program model, project ready, provides a workshop series for high school students focusing on college admissions, financial aid, scholarships, freshman year, and succeeding on standardized exams, among other topics. More than 300 students were served in the college readiness program at two high schools in the bronx. Scholarships are awarded to select graduating seniors through our whitney m. Young, jr. The annual hbcu fair helps students find the right college. The youth leadership program assists students in becoming agents of change in their local community.
$77,319 spent3% of program spendingThe new york urban league capacity building program consists of the communities of color nonprofit stabilization fund which provides capacity building grants and training to emerging and seasoned social service organizations. The urban league administers $1,100,000 in capacity building grants (max sub-grants = $45,000) and technical assistance into 28 community based organizations who work in the five boroughs of new york city.
$199,038 spentof which $1,065,000 as grants7% of program spendingBelow is a summary of all program events that have taken place beyond those previously mentioned. This includes initiatives focused on education, employment, advocacy, and social awareness.
$2,590,734 spentof which $141,250 as grants$119,073 earned by the program87% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,982,905.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $2.0M to $3.4M (+67%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2019 55% · 2020 51% · 2021 24% · 2022 39% · 2023 45% · 2024 51% · 2025 43%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Arva Rice
President & CEO
Board chair
Malcolm Ellis
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 15 funders, grant income fell $2.7M → $619k.
14 of 57 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $507k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest The New York Urban League Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 57 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
78% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 54% · 2019 60% · 2020 32% · 2021 26% · 2022 58% · 2023 22% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
36% of THE NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
78% of THE NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $721k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like THE NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE INC?
- THE NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE INC (New York) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,167,227 to it, the largest being NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC ($4,011,612). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE INC have?
- IRS filings report 57 organizations giving $7,167,227 in grants to THE NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE INC?
- NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,011,612 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 57 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing